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Business is booming for Indonesian furniture makers

Exports have soared to record levels despite supply chain woes, as orders from US swell

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Jeffrey Hutton Regional Correspondent In Denpasar , Jeffrey Hutton

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The year 2021 is shaping up to be a bittersweet time for Mr Arifin, an East Java-based furniture exporter.
Bitter because the 42-year-old's company Sasana Antik has consignments of cabinets, tables and other furnishings bound for European customers worth about US$500,000 (S$676,000) languishing in his warehouses.
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